2011–12 Iran Pro League

Persian Gulf Cup
Season 2011–12
Matches played 153
Goals scored 370 (2.42 per match)
Top goalscorer Founéké Sy (10 goals)
Biggest home win Tractor Sazi 5-1 Sh. Tabriz
Sanat Naft 4-0 Saipa
Biggest away win Mes Sarcheshmeh 0-4 Damash Gilan
Saipa 0-4 Sepahan
Highest scoring Malavan 3-3 Zob Ahan
Malavan 4-2 Esteghlal
Longest winning run 5 games
Tractor Sazi
Longest unbeaten run 11 games
Naft Tehran
Longest winless run 12 games
Rah Ahan
Longest losing run 4 games
Mes Kerman
Highest attendance 100,456
Persepolis - Esteghlal
Lowest attendance 5,500
FooladSanat Naft

The 2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup will be the eleventh season of the Iran Pro League and the sixth under the name Persian Gulf Cup. Sepahan are the defending champions. The regular season started on 2 August 2011.

Contents

Teams

Stadia and locations

Team City Venue Capacity
Damash Gilan Rasht Dr. Azodi 12,000
Esteghlal Tehran Azadi 100,000
Fajr Sepasi Shiraz Hafezieh 15,000
Foolad Ahvaz Takhti Ahvaz 12,000
Malavan Anzali Takhti Anzali 15,000
Mes Kerman Kerman Shahid Bahonar 12,000
Mes Sarcheshmeh Sarcheshmeh Shahid Bahonar 12,000
Naft Tehran Tehran Dastgerdi 8,250
Persepolis Tehran Azadi 100,000
Rah Ahan Shahr-e-Rey Rah Ahan 12,000
Saba Qom Qom Yadegar Emam Qom 12,000
Saipa Karaj Enghelab Karaj 14,000
Sanat Naft Abadan Takhti Abadan 25,000
Sepahan Esfahan Foolad Shahr 12,000
Shahin Bushehr Shahid Beheshti 14,000
Shahrdari Tabriz Tabriz Yadegar Emam Tabriz 70,000
Tractor Sazi Tabriz Yadegar Emam Tabriz 70,000
Zob Ahan Esfahan Foolad Shahr 12,000

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Past Season
Damash Mehdi Tartar Reza Mahdavi Adidas Damash Mineral Water Promoted [1]
Esteghlal Parviz Mazloomi Mojtaba Jabbari Uhlsport City Bank 2nd
Fajr Sepasi Mahmoud Yavari Mehdi Rajabzadeh Majid HICE Promoted [1]
Foolad Majid Jalali Jalal Kameli Mofrad Uhlsport Foolad Khuzestan Co. 6th
Malavan Farhad Pourgholami Babak Pourgholami Majid Anzali Free Zone 8th
Mes Kerman Miroslav Blažević Farzad Hosseinkhani Uhlsport Resalat Bank 7th
Mes Sarcheshmeh Asghar Sharafi Ali Samereh Uhlsport None Promoted [1]
Naft Tehran Hossein Faraki Darius Mikaeili Uhlsport National Iranian Oil Company 13th
Persepolis Mustafa Denizli Ali Karimi Uhlsport Opel 4th
Rah Ahan Ali Daei Hossein Pashaei Daei Refah Bank 15th
Saba Qom Abdollah Veisi Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh Majid Vegal 10th
Saipa Majid Saleh Ebrahim Sadeghi Uhlsport SAIPA 11th
Sanat Naft José Alberto Costa Omid Sharifinasab Majid National Iranian Oil Company 9th
Sepahan Zlatko Kranjčar Moharram Navidkia Lotto Foolad Mobarakeh Complex Champion
Shahin Firouz Karimi Vahid Talebloo Majid Post Bank 14th
Shahrdari Tabriz Ali Asghar Modir Roosta Ebrahim Abarghouei Majid City Bank 12th
Tractor Sazi Amir Ghalenoei Morteza Assadi Uhlsport Hamrah-e-Avval 5th
Zob Ahan Mansour Ebrahimzadeh Mohammad Salsali Uhlsport Zob Ahan Steel Co. 3rd

Managerial changes

Before the start of the season

Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming head coach Date of appointment
Saipa Mayeli Kohan Contract expired 02011-05-21 21 May 2011 11th (2010-11) Majid Saleh 02011-06-06 6 June 2011
Sepahan Amir Ghalenoei Contract expired 02011-06-05 5 June 2011 1st (2010-11) Luka Bonačić 02011-06-22 22 June 2011
Tractor Sazi Faraz Kamalvand Contract expired 02011-06-13 13 June 2011 5th (2010-11) Amir Ghalenoei 02011-06-22 22 June 2011
Persepolis Ali Daei Contract expired 02011-06-14 14 June 2011 4th (2010-11) Hamid Estili 02011-06-21 21 June 2011
Shahrdari Hamid Derakhshan Sacked 02011-06-18 18 June 2011 12th (2010-11) Miodrag Ješić 02011-06-18 18 June 2011
Shahin Bushehr Akbar Misaghian Sacked 02011-06-19 19 June 2011 14th (2010-11) Hamid Derakhshan 02011-06-26 26 June 2011
Rah Ahan Mehdi Tartar Sacked 02011-07-14 14 July 2011 15th (2010-11) Ali Daei 02011-07-14 14 July 2011

In season

Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming head coach Date of appointment
Sanat Mes Kerman Samad Marfavi Resigned 02011-08-25 25 August 2011 17th Miroslav Blaževic 02011-09-09 9 September 2011
Mes Sarcheshmeh Ahmad Sanjari Sacked 02011-08-26 26 August 2011 18th Asghar Sharafi 02011-08-27 27 August 2011
Damash Gilan Mehdi Dinvarzadeh Sacked 02011-09-18 18 September 2011 16th Ebrahim Ghasempour 02011-09-20 20 September 2011
Shahin Bushehr Hamid Derakhshan Resigned 02011-10-05 5 October 2011 9th Firouz Karimi 02011-10-06 6 October 2011
Sepahan Isfahan Luka Bonacic Sacked 02011-10-14 14 October 2011 5th Zlatko Kranjcar 02011-10-31 31 October 2011
Fajr Sepasi Shiraz Ali Kalantari Sacked 02011-11-26 26 November 2011 17th Mahmoud Yavari 02011-11-27 27 November 2011
Sanat Naft Abadan Gholam Peyrovani Resigned 02011-11-27 27 November 2011 13th José Alberto Costa 02011-12-04 4 December 2011
Persepolis Tehran Hamid Estili Resigned 02011-12-09 9 December 2011 9th Mustafa Denizli [2] 02011-12-23 23 December 2011
Shahrdari Tabriz Miodrag Ješić Sacked 02011-12-24 24 December 2011 13th Ali Asghar Modir Roosta 02012-01-05 5 January 2012
Damash Gilan Ebrahim Ghasempour Resigned [3] 02011-12-28 28 December 2011 7th Mehdi Tartar [4] 02012-01-06 6 January 2012

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Esteghlal Tehran 17 11 3 3 30 17 +13 36 AFC Champions League
2 Sepahan 17 8 6 3 26 15 +11 30 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off
3 Naft Tehran 17 8 6 3 24 18 +6 30
4 Tractor Sazi 17 8 5 4 32 24 +8 29
5 Saba Qom 17 8 5 4 21 17 +4 29
6 Zob Ahan 17 5 9 3 18 18 0 24
7 Damash Gilan 17 6 5 6 21 22 −1 23
8 Sanat Naft 17 6 5 6 25 27 −2 23
9 Persepolis 17 5 7 5 20 19 +1 22
10 Saipa 17 5 6 6 24 22 +2 21
11 Foolad 17 5 6 6 13 17 −4 21
12 Shahin Bushehr 17 4 8 5 16 16 0 20
13 Sh. Tabriz 17 4 8 5 19 23 −4 20
14 Rah Ahan 17 1 13 3 17 21 −4 16
15 Fajr Sepasi 17 3 7 7 17 23 −6 16
16 Sanat Mes 17 4 4 9 15 21 −6 16 Relegation to the Azadegan League
17 Malavan 17 3 6 8 19 21 −2 15
18 Mes Sarcheshmeh 17 3 3 11 13 29 −16 12

Updated to games played on 19 December 2011
Source: IPL Stats
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Positions by round

Leader
AFC Champions League 2013 Group stage
Relegation to Azadegan League 2012-13
Team \ Round

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
Esteghlal Tehran 5 4 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Sepahan 9 11 7 4 5 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 2
Naft Tehran 13 2 9 8 6 4 4 3 4 1 2 2 2 2 3 2 3
Tractor Sazi 17 7 4 3 2 1 3 4 1 3 4 4 4 5 2 3 4
Saba Qom 2 3 1 1 3 3 2 2 3 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 5
Zob Ahan 3 16 10 5 7 5 7 8 10 6 6 6 8 8 9 9 6
Damash Gilan 11 17 12 12 16 16 16 15 14 12 8 9 7 7 6 7 7
Sanat Naft 14 13 13 9 13 14 9 9 6 7 9 11 9 11 7 6 8
Persepolis 7 15 17 15 12 13 15 10 7 10 11 7 10 6 8 8 9
Saipa 1 1 8 13 9 12 6 9 13 13 12 12 13 14 13 13 10
Foolad 12 6 3 6 10 9 11 12 8 11 13 13 11 12 12 10 11
Shahin Bushehr 16 5 11 10 4 6 8 6 9 9 7 8 6 10 10 11 12
Sh. Tabriz 10 9 6 11 15 15 14 14 11 8 10 10 12 9 11 12 13
Rah Ahan 4 8 15 14 11 11 12 13 16 16 16 15 15 16 16 15 14
Fajr Sepasi 15 12 14 16 14 8 10 11 15 15 17 17 17 17 17 16 15
Sanat Mes 8 14 16 17 17 18 18 18 17 17 14 14 16 13 14 14 16
Malavan 6 10 5 7 8 10 13 16 12 14 15 16 14 15 15 17 17
Mes Sarcheshmeh 18 18 18 18 18 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18

Last updated: 19 December 2011
Source: Cups.ir (Persian)

Results

Home \ Away1 DMG EST FJR FOL MLV MES MSA NAF PRS RAH SAB SAP SNA SEP SHB SHT TRK ZOB
Damash Gilan 3–2 1–1 1–3 2–3 3–1 0–0 3–2 2–3 1–1
Esteghlal Tehran 1–0 2–0 1–0 a 1–1 1–0 1–2 3–2 2–3
Fajr Sepasi 0–1 3–3 0–0 1–1 3–2 2–1 1–2
Foolad 1–4 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–1
Malavan 0–1 4–2 2–0 4–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 3–3
Sanat Mes 1–2 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–1
Mes Sarcheshmeh 0–4 0–1 2–0 2–2 0–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 1–2
Naft Tehran 0–2 3–1 3–2 1–0 2–2 2–2 2–0 1–3 2–1
Persepolis 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 3–1 0–0 1–2 0–1
Rah Ahan 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–2 2–2 0–2 1–1 2–2
Saba Qom 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 3–1 0–1
Saipa 3–0 0–0 4–2 3–1 0–1 0–4 3–0 0–1
Sanat Naft 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–3 0–4 1–1 0–2 3–3
Sepahan 3–0 1–1 2–0 3–2 0–1 a 2–1 2–1 1–1
Shahin Bushehr 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 4–0 1–1 1–1
Sh. Tabriz 0–0 1–2 2–0 2–2 2–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–0
Tractor Sazi 3–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 2–3 2–2 1–0 5–1
Zob Ahan 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–3 a 0–1

Updated to games played on 19 December 2011
Source: IPL Stats
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Clubs season-progress

W Win
D Draw
L Lose
Team \ Round

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
Damash Gilan D L W L L D L W D W W L W D W L D
Esteghlal Tehran D W W W W L W W L D W W D W W L W
Fajr Sepasi D D L L W W D L L D L L L D D W D
Foolad D W W L L D D L W L L D W L D W D
Malavan D D W D D L L L W L L L W L D L D
Mes Sarcheshmeh L L L D L W L L L L W L L D W D L
Naft Tehran D W L D W W W W D W D W D D L W L
Persepolis D L L D W D L W W L D W D W L D D
Rah Ahan D D L D W D D L L D D D D D D D D
Saba Qom W D W W L W W W L L W W D D L D D
Saipa W D L L W L W L L D D D D L D W W
Sanat Mes D L L L L D L W L W W D L W L D L
Sanat Naft D D L W L D W D W D L L W L W W L
Sepahan D D W W L L W L W W D W D W D D W
Shahin Bushehr D W L D W L D D D D W L W L D L D
Sh. Tabriz D D W L L D D D W W L D D W L L D
Tractor Sazi L W W W W W L D W L D W L D W D D
Zob Ahan D L W W D D D W D W L D L D D D W

Last updated: 19 December 2011
Source: IPL Stats

Statistics

Top Goalscorers

Position Player Club Goals
1 Founéké Sy Sanat Naft 10
2 Farhad Majidi Esteghlal 9
3 Iman Mousavi Naft Tehran 8
Karim Ansarifard Saipa
4 Mojtaba Jabbari Esteghlal 7
Emad Mohammed Ridha Sepahan
6 Mohsen Hosseini Tractor Sazi 6
7 Jalal Rafkhaei Malavan 5
Mansour Tanhaei Shahin Bushehr
Reza Norouzi Foolad
Mohammad Ebrahimi Tractor Sazi
11 9 players 4
20 13 players 3
33 30 players 2
63 71 player 1
_ 5 players OG
_ technical loses of 3–0 0
Total goals (Including technical loses) 370
Total games 153
Average per game 2.42

Last updated: 19 De 2011
Source: IPL Stats

Top Assistants

Position Player Club Assists
1 Mojtaba Jabbari Esteghlal 5
Abbas Porkhosravani Shahin Bushehr
2 Abbas Mardasi Sanat Naft 4
Alireza Ramezani Malavan
Farzad Ashoubi Tractor Sazi
Farhad Majidi Esteghlal

Last updated: 3 Dec 2011
Source: IPL Stats

Cards

Position Player Club Total
1 Shahram Goudarzi Sh. Tabriz 3 1 0 4
André Ronaldo Foolad
3 Omid Alishah Rah Ahan 4 0 0
Hossein Kaabi Rah Ahan
Mehdi Badrlou Saba Qom
Ali Molaei Mes Sarcheshmeh
Kianoush Rahmati Esteghlal
8 Nabiollah Bagheriha Sh. Tabriz 2 0 1 3
Amir Hossein Sadeghi Tractor Sazi
10 4 players 2 1 0
14 12 players 3 0 0
26 2 players 1 0 1 2
28 1 player 1 1 0
29 52 player 2 0 0
81 4 players 0 0 1 1
85 101 players 1 0 0
Total Cards 282 7 8 297

Last updated: 3 Dec 2011
Source: IPL stats

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Ansarifard, KarimKarim Ansarifard1 Saipa Mes Kerman 4–2 02011-08-07 7 August 2011
Kazemian, JavadJavad Kazemian Persepolis Sanat Naft Abadan 3–1 02011-08-23 23 August 2011
Rafkhaei, JalalJalal Rafkhaei Malavan Zob Ahan 3–3 02011-09-01 1 September 2011
Mousavi, ImanIman Mousavi Naft Tehran Malavan 3–1 02011-09-25 25 September 2011
Paixão, FlávioFlávio Paixão Tractor Sazi Shahrdari Tabriz 5–1 02011-09-25 25 September 2011
Jabbari, MojtabaMojtaba Jabbari Esteghlal Shahin Bushehr 3–2 02011-11-24 24 November 2011

Scoring

Awards

Monthly awards

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month
Manager Club Player Club
August Abdollah Veisi Saba Qom Karim Ansarifard Saipa
September Parviz Mazloomi Esteghlal Farhad Majidi Esteghlal
October Mansour Ebrahimzadeh Zob Ahan Ivan Petrović Shahin Bushehr
November Ebrahim Ghasempour Damash Gilan Mojtaba Jabbari Esteghlal
December Hossein Faraki Naft Tehran Founéké Sy Sanat Naft

See also

Team season articles

References

External Links